📹 Awkward scenes as team snubs champions and turns their backs on rivals

The backstage of football was buzzing in Argentina this week.

After all, Rosario Central was declared “League Champion” by the Argentine Football Association (AFA), after accumulating the most points in the “Apertura” and “Clausura” tournaments.

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Click here to see details of the “maneuver” that secured the trophy for Di María’s team.

The problem is that the AFA forced Estudiantes to perform the “pasillo” (the corridor with players applauding the champion team) for Rosario Central, before the round of 16 match of the Clausura, this Sunday (23).

But the Estudiantes players did not follow the “agreement” and turned their backs as the Rosario Central players entered the field, with Di María himself leading the line.

Before the “awkward” moment, Di María lifted the League champion’s trophy.

And, as if all that wasn’t enough, Estudiantes still beat Rosario Central 1-0, with a goal from Edwuin Cetré, at their rival’s home—the Gigante de Arroyito stadium—and qualified for the quarterfinals, where they will face Central Córdoba.

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This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇧🇷 here.